Bordered by each other, the United States and Canada are twins from Mother North America. People in both countries speak English as an official language. However, even twins may have some kind of differences that enable others to distinguish between them. So do the United States and Canada. While the United States and Canada share similarities in geographical conditions to attract immigrants, the variety of cuisine they eat, and the access to health care, they differ in geographical climates, native foods, and efficiency of health care.
It is not difficult to discover the similarities in geography between the United States and Canada because they are both located in North America. The sizes of these two countries are nearly identical: the United States has a total area of 3,794,083 square miles, and Canada has a total area of 3,855,103 square miles. The eastern boundary of both countries is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Both the United States and Canada were first settled by Europeans and were once colonies of the British Empire during the Age of Colonization. Due to the similarities in their geographical condition, both countries consist of populations that come primarily from European immigrants and have instituted policies which allow emigration to increase their population.
Although the styles of cooking and serving might be different, the types of food Americans and Canadians eat are quite similar. The most representative example is chain restaurants which have penetrated into cities of both the United States and Canada. Popular chain restaurants, such as McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Kentucky Fried Chicken, serve hamburgers, sandwiches, and fried chickens, which are the common food that people eat in both countries. The United States and Canada not only have similar fast food, but they also share the diversity in the variety of cuisine they have. Since their population consists of immigrants from all over the world, immigrants brought over a variety of food that was unique and distinctive to their own culture. Whether you are at Times Square of New York or Toronto Eaton Centre, you will always be able to find Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Jewish, and Caribbean food.
Despite so many people favor the Canadian health care system over the American one because Canada offers Free Health Care Program, both the United States and Canada, in fact, have problems regarding the access to health care. According to studies, statistics showed that 40% of Americans do not have health insurance, and in Canada, approximately 5% of Canadians have not been able to find a regular doctor. A cross-country study showed that there was a correlation between immigrant status and access to health care in both the United States and Canada. The study found that in both countries, immigrants had worse access to health care than non-immigrants. Immigrants in the United States were less likely to have a regular medical doctor and annual physical examination compared with native-born Americans; immigrants in Canada were less likely to have Pap tests compared with native-born Canadians.
Although the geographies of the United States and Canada have similarities, they also have vast differences. One difference is that different places in the United States are called "states" and different places in Canada are called "provinces". The climate of the United States is more varied, with nine different climate types, whereas the climate of Canada is divided to temperate in the South and subarctic or arctic in the North. The United States also has more natural disasters than Canada. The United States has tsunamis, forest fires, mudslides, flooding, deathly hurricanes, and tornadoes. Canada, on the other hand, has permafrost in the North and a lot of cyclonic storms by mountainous regions.
The United States and Canada have very different cuisines. Cuisine in the United States is infiltrated in great depths by various cultures. Almost every meal the average person eats has at least one thing that is from a different culture. Canada eats a lot it's own native food such as butter tarts, which is a tart with butter, sugar and eggs. They also eat Beaver tails. The "regular" American bacon is just fried strips, whereas the Canadian form of bacon is round pieces that are more like ham.
Through examining the geographies in the United States and Canada, we discovered the similar reason for the coming of immigrants and the varying climates and natural disasters. By discussing the food people eat in the United States and Canada, we found that although they share the diversity in food cultures, Canadians tend to eat more of their native food. After comparing and contrasting of health care systems in both countries, we found the similarity regarding the access to healthcare and the difference in efficiency of the health care systems in the United States and Canada.
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